• Two of the eggs at Slimbridge are fertile and developing well

    Posted on June 27, 2016

    23 June 2016 By Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper On Tuesday, the eggs at Slimbridge were candled (tested for fertility) and at least two eggs are looking good! One egg from the first clutch and one from the second. As described in the blog announcing the eggs, the captive Spoon-billed Sandpipers at Slimbridge produced two clutches of […]

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  • News from the field: An almost full incubator, a breakdown and T8!

    Posted on June 27, 2016

    25 June 2016 by Rebecca Lee, Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper A quick update to let you know that the team in Russia now has 32 eggs, not all the collection trips have gone smoothly with the quad bike transporting the last clutch breaking down at the western oil drills, and another headstarted bird, White T8, has been spotted. Roland […]

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  • International Youth Skype Meeting on Black-faced Spoonbill between Incheon and Hong Kong

    Posted on June 24, 2016

    EAAFP Secretariat A ‘Black-faced Spoonbill International Youth Skype Meeting’ was held on 28 May 2016 between Incheon and Hong Kong. It was organised by the Incheon Black-faced Spoonbill Network, in cooperation with EAAFP, Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (HKBWS) and Incheon City Government. Four students from the Queen Elizabeth School Old Student’s Association Secondary School in […]

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  • Hunting in Russia: The “Under The Radar” threat to the East Asian-Australasian Flyway?

    Posted on June 22, 2016

    Terry Townshend Birding Beijing Zhu Bingrun (Drew) is one of a new generation of brilliant Chinese ornithologists.  These young scientists are adding a great deal to our knowledge about migratory birds in China, keen to collaborate with international experts and part of a growing network of young people in this vast country who want to study, and […]

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  • The Yellow Sea and shorebirds: An evening with Professor Theunis Piersma

    Posted on June 22, 2016

    5 May 2016 Terry Townshend, Birding Beijing On Wednesday evening, birders in Beijing were treated to a brilliant lecture by Dutch Professor Theunis Piersma, the world-leading shorebird expert. China’s east coast hosts one of the world’s most amazing natural spectacles every spring and autumn – the migration of millions of shorebirds from their wintering grounds […]

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  • News from the field: More eggs and some good and bad news from the western oil drills

    Posted on June 20, 2016

    18 June 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Update just in from Roland: the western area of Meinypil’gyno is proving good for pairs this year, a bird from the 2014 headstarting cohort has been spotted and 20 eggs are in the incubator. On the 15 June, a small team including Nikolai, Egor and Roman and Sveta’s family, […]

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  • Republic of Korea celebrates World Wetlands Day 2016 and highlights the need for mudflat restoration

    Posted on June 17, 2016

    Minseon Kim, Programme Officer The national celebration of World Wetlands Day was held in Seocheon on 19th-20th May 2016. Every year since 2002 , the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Ministry of Environment jointly organise this event to raise public awareness of the value of wetlands and the need for conservation in Korea. This event […]

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  • Yellow Sea wetlands and waterbirds under threat

    Posted on June 16, 2016

    10 June 2016 Taej Mundkur, Wetlands International The wetlands of the Yellow Sea shared by China, North and South Korea are a globally important hotspot for waterbirds of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. Several million waterbirds, including 20 globally threatened species depend on these wetlands to complete their annual migrations; shorebirds like Bar-tailed Godwit, Great Knot and […]

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  • News from the field: First eggs collected in Russia

    Posted on June 16, 2016

    15 June 2016 Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Egg collection at Meinypil’gyno is underway and another headstarted bird has been spotted – White E7, headstarted just last year. The first eggs required for the headstarting programme were collected a couple of days ago, on 13 June. Three clutches have been collected so far totalling 11 eggs. […]

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  • Black-faced Spoonbill stories

    Posted on June 15, 2016

    Let us share with you the submissions from the students and teachers who participated in the Black-faced Spoonbill Youth Conservation Activity, which was held in Incheon, Republic of Korea, last year. These are based on their continuous monitoring activities.   The Story of K94, ‘Gusailsaeng’ Written by Park Young Ran, Teacher Goo Jeolcho Data by Kim […]

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